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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused Amit Shah of influencing the election results

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They did not submit evidence in this regard, the Election Commission had given them a deadline of 7 pm today and said that if no concrete evidence is found, action will be taken.(Photo: Facebook/Indian National Congress - Manipur)

Before the counting of votes across the country, including Punjab, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of influencing the election results by threatening the district magistrates of 150 constituencies, but for the second day in a row, he told the Election Commission.

They did not submit evidence in this regard, the Election Commission had given them a deadline of 7 pm today and said that if no concrete evidence is found, action will be taken.

Jairam Ramesh had alleged on June 1 that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was calling and threatening the District Magistrates before the counting of votes. had said

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